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The 1950s may have been vaguely Golden-Age but this is a bronze-ish performance of Trovatore, and there are at least a half-dozen available sets that
This sloppily led, poorly played performance of Rossini’s Barber represents the Old Met at its worst. Slapstick reigns supreme–vocal slapstick–with the bass Salvatore Baccaloni as
Here are the caveats: The picture is really murky; there are subtitles in Japanese that you can’t turn off (you can add English, German, Spanish,
Margherita Grandi (né Margaret Gard) was an Australian spinto soprano who certainly lived up to her adopted name, with a big, powerful voice and temperament
This recording of Butterfly was Renata Tebaldi’s first (of two), made in 1951. To be sure, she’s in handsome voice. We are reminded of her
This studio recording bestows very little pleasure. Renata Tebaldi gives one of the most under-characterized readings of this sad little heroine ever offered by a
This 1951 Bohème and arias recorded in 1950 present Renata Tebaldi very early in her career and at her freshest. The creamy, womanly sound (she
The disc in Decca’s The Singers series devoted to Belgian soprano Suzanne Danco differs from most of its companions in that it’s a delight from
Otello is the role most closely identified with Mario del Monaco, and indeed there is no dearth of recordings of the opera with him. He
